{"id":97996,"date":"2024-11-08T10:20:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T03:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/?p=97996"},"modified":"2024-11-08T10:21:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T03:21:07","slug":"97996-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/97996-2\/","title":{"rendered":"This 5-year-old Boy Survived a Vicious Attack by Two Dogs; Mean People Now Call Him a \u201cMonster.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style='\"font-size:'>This is one of those stories that make you think twice about how humanity still has a long way to go \u2013 a story about a little boy who survived a vicious attack by two Rottweilers and lived to tell the tale. But due to the attack\u2019s severity, he was left with a disfigured face, and society started calling him a \u201cmonster.\u201d<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-97999 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/11%5C/mercurypress4-1-321x530-1.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"321\"' height='\"530\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mercurypress4-1-321x530-1.png' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'><br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>The boy\u2019s name is Ryder Wells, and he was merely 21 months old during the attack. It was Thanksgiving of 2015 when he and his mother, Brittany, visited their family friends. The mother speaks about the horrific incident below:\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cWe were eating breakfast and Ryder was back and forth to his toys and back for bacon then he disappeared.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cI looked out of the window and he was face down in the garden.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cHe had pyjamas on and they\u2019d been completely ripped off so he just had a sleeve on. When we picked him up and rolled him, his face was just gone.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cHe\u2019d been around the dogs before and they\u2019d been fine so I don\u2019t know what happened.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cThe doctors said they would do what they could but we weren\u2019t expecting him to make it.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cThey said it\u2019s a miracle that he\u2019s still here because he was so small and the injuries were so severe.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cHe had to have a tracheostomy because of the punctured lung and they thought that the dogs had bitten so far into his skull that he would be paralysed.\u201d<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-98002 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/11%5C/mercurypress3-423x530-1.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"423\"' height='\"530\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mercurypress3-423x530-1.png' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'><br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>During the attack, Ryder lost his entire right cheek, more than half of his lip, his teeth were crushed, his right lung was punctured, and his arm was broken. He was airlifted to the hospital, where he received more than 14 straight hours of surgery; that was any mother\u2019s biggest nightmare to withstand that much anxiety and uncertainty.<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-98001 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/11%5C/mercurypress2-492x530-1.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"492\"' height='\"530\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mercurypress2-492x530-1.png' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'><br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>But thankfully, the 21-month-old boy had a lot of fight in him and survived the surgeries \u2013 but with a permanently disfigured face. He had undergone more than 50 facial reconstruction surgeries. Ryder will undergo more surgeries in the future to fully heal himself.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>The sad part is how people react when they look at him. As described by Brittany:\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cHe knows that people are talking about him but he doesn\u2019t say much. He wears glasses and a cap and sometimes he\u2019ll hang his head to hide his face.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cI try to deal with it in a better manner so it doesn\u2019t affect him so much. But I just tell him every day that he\u2019s beautiful, different is beautiful and it\u2019s ok to be different.<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-98000 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/11%5C/mercurypress1-928x530-1.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"928\"' height='\"530\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mercurypress1-928x530-1.png' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'><br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cI just reassure him as much as I can but I\u2019m absolutely terrified about when he goes to school. There are always going to be a couple of kids who aren\u2019t kind.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cWhen he started kindergarten, the kids learned about Ryder before they met him so they wouldn\u2019t be as shocked.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cYou always want your kid to be accepted and to fit in.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cJust because he\u2019s different, it doesn\u2019t make him less of a person.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>But at least there\u2019s a glimmer of hope for the boy; he has a supportive group of friends, and everyone in town seems to love and support him. Brittany said:\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cHe\u2019s really adapted. He has a great group of friends and people in the town know him now so that boosts his confidence. He\u2019s been amazing how he\u2019s adapted after what he\u2019s been through.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Ryder is now five. The family has started a GoFundMe for the boy\u2019s future surgeries and treatments. We wish Ryder the best life and hope people can be more kind towards those of us who struggle \u2013 the world truly is a cruel place.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of those stories that make you think twice about how humanity still has a long way to go \u2013 a story about a little boy who survived a vicious attack by two Rottweilers and lived to tell the tale. 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